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October 10, 2011

Bathroom tour.

How have 2 1/2 weeks gone by since my last post?? Yikes! Needless to say...I've been busy! Between a hurt back, a four day trip up to Portland, my busiest time of year at work, book club, meetings, bunco, visiting with friends in town from New Orleans, a weekly bible study, and a scavenger hunt/birthday party at Downtown Disney...my projects and blogging have slacked! My apologies :-)

But today I finally have some pictures of my bathroom! It's a pretty standard space housing a shower, toilet and sink. I especially love all of the finishes (they were here when I moved in) and the sink to ceiling mirror.

The one negative is that storage is pretty limited. I have space under the sink, but that holds my cleaning supplies and trash can. I was getting tired of storing my hair supplies on the hutch in my bedroom, so I hung two IKEA spice racks. Now my hair sprays, conditioners, mousse, etc. have a permanent home in the bathroom...where they belong.

This little shelf came with me from my grandfather's house and it fits perfectly right above the toilet. One of the first tips I remember hearing from Nate Berkus was to "containerize" anything and everything you can!

So I did just that! I have my Tylenol, aspirin and vitamins displayed in little IKEA spice jars, with the bottom of each jar marked with the name of the pill and expiration date. This is definitely my favorite thing about this room! I love how clean it looks and since I don't have a medicine cabinet...it works perfectly!

I also really love the sink! Surprise, surprise....it's from IKEA, too.

So there you have it! My sweet and simple bathroom. As you can see, there is a lack of surface space but that works out being a good thing because it forces me to keep things clean and tidy!

I love this post! Only thing is, as much as love IKEA, the closest one to where I live now is like 4 hours away! Not worth it! But I could probably make those for just as cheap. No, cheaper because I will get about four out of the materials I bye! Just a thought to anyone devoid of IKEA!

This is a great idea! My fiance actually made me 2 shelves based on this idea but didn't think about how to attach them to the wall! (They're currently still sitting on the floor!) :) I'll be sure to tell him about the screws! Thanks!

This decor is very pretty , but as they say" no glass" by the pool....no glass in the bathroom....if something falls and breaks YIKES....! bare feet roam about and you just might miss a small piece and it winds up in your foot....just food for thought

Thanks for stopping by! Honestly, I'm not too worried about anything breaking - I don't have kids so no little hands are ever up there. But it's probably not a very practical storage idea if there were little ones around :-)

Hi Rachel, what an awesome idea! the bathroom looks chic and modern. However, as a pharmacist, i would definitely suggest NOT to store medications in the bathroom. From all the moisture and humidity in the air, the active ingredients can lose their effect.

How funny that I came across your post via Pinterest, I purchased one of those spice racks at IKEA in their "as-is" section because I thought it would make a good jewelry hanger. Only I never knew what exactly it was I bought because it didn't have any packaging. Now I know it was a spice rack! I added small dowels (sp?) to mine to hang necklaces, and will hang bracelets on the long bar. Of course I have to figure out how to hang it differently.

What a great idea. Couldn't find the ones you have but found these instead: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006B94Z0/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i02. Just got it today. It looks great & is going to work just like yours do. They are chrome instead of wood.

Your bathroom may be small but is really looks very well-maintained. I so like your ideas on the IKEA rack and the medicine bottles. These just made things more organized and saved up so much space. Thank you for sharing this post. Keep on posting!

Thanks for the ideas. My bathroom is this exact layout and I was looking for organizing tips for over the toilet and also for the wall to organize toiletries. I really love what you did. It's inexpensive but appealing and tidy.

Saw this on pinterest from another source.. http://pinterest.com/pin/120823202476351632/ and it has a watermark from dumpaday.com. Just wanted to let you know because I know you put work into this and I didn't want to pin the other image!

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